Schools across Michigan are working to implement plans for Coronavirus closures they hoped they wouldn’t have to use.
Many families with kids in Michigan schools will have had messages like this on their phones today
“As many of you know, last night Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a statewide closure of all K-12 school buildings in Michigan.”
That’s the voice of Shane Peters, superintendent of Bridgman Public Schools. Friday, the halls of F.C. Reed Middle School in that district were full of kids going to class, learning how those classes would be online starting Monday.
Principal John Truesdell says the district is lucky to have one-to-one technology to send home with its kids. But there are still challenges.
“We do have a program in our Middle School where we provide hotspots to our families and they can plug it into their chromebook and gain internet access at home but there’s only so many of those and still we do have some rural families where on their property it just doesn’t work.”
Different schools will have different challenges. Truesdell says Bridgman will have teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators and counselors on call to help with any student issues that come up.
